PLG Consulting’s president, Taylor Robinson, was part of Petroleum Connection’s 7th Annual Frac Sand Supply & Logistics Conference in San Antonio. The event was held in late October and more than 700 industry ...

... c sand segment was the primary beneficiary of the upturn as demand improved 82 percent. The sand industry consists of more than 70 producing companies operating 140 production facilities with multiple n ...

In the largely fragmented and intensively competitive vendor landscape of the global natural and manufactured sandmarket, companies are investing in research and development in crushing technology and ...

After a disappointing 2015 and 2016, the frac sand industry in Wisconsin is moving forward at a record rate, according to the Dunn County News. That was the message delivered by Rick Shearer, president ...

According to the study “World Industrial Silica SandMarket” by the Freedonia Group, although the hydraulic fracturing industry has struggled for the past year or so, it will remain the fastest growing ...

The analysts at RnRMarketResearch are forecasting the global frac sand market to grow at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 10.29 percent during the period 2016-2020. The report covers the present ...

According to the latest market research report by Technavio, the global frac sand market is expected to grow at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of more than 10 percent until 2020.
In this report, Technavio ...

There is sand, sand and more sand in our future.
According to the study “ProppantIQ” by PacWest Consulting Partners, the U.S. proppant market is expected to grow at 8 percent per annum through 2015, ...

The Washington D.C.-based law firm of Patton Boggs notes in its just-published U.S. post-election analysis that one issue likely to garner much more attention during the next four years will be hydraulic ...

Cleveland-based market analysts The Freedonia Group just released a new study, “World Industrial Silica Sand” that includes projections for the North American Frac Sand market.
The study notes that ...

The high-profile frac sandmarket is experiencing growing pains, but aggregates producers should take note: the long-term opportunity is too good to pass up.
By Mark S. Kuhar
Many aggregates producers ...

Hi-Crush Partners L.P., a Wisconsin producer of frac sand, kicked off an Initial Public Offering (IPO) on August 16. The company, in its prospectus released prior to the IPO, documented some of the supply-line ...

... operations, and realizing the corporation’s growth in its project-development program, joint ventures and acquisition initiatives in both the conventional aggregates and silica sand sectors of its portfolio. ...

... the same period in 2017 for cement (2.5 percent), crushed stone (3.6 percent), and sand and gravel (7.4 percent). Additionally, ready-mix concrete and asphalt both experienced increases in prices when ...

... Industrial Minerals geologist Andrew Rupke, mining companies are actively searching for frac sand in Utah. He also noted that mining companies across the globe are becoming more mindful of the potential ...

... Now that it has reached the Minnesota Supreme Court, Minnesota Sands’ lawsuit against Winona County, Minn., is attracting a lot of outside attention. The League of Minnesota Cities, the Pacific Legal Foundation ...

Select Sands Corp. announced operational and financial results for the third quarter of 2018 The company is reporting that it:
• Sold 81,626 tons of frac and industrial sand during third quarter of ...

... providing premium domestic frac sand for the oil and gas sector in Western Canada. AMI Silica submitted its Development Permit application in late July for review and approval by the Town of Mayerthorpe ...

• Hi-Crush Partners reported third quarter 2018 results. Revenues for the third quarter of 2018 totaled $214 million on sales of 2,775,360 tons of frac sand. This compares to $248.5 million of revenues ...

Select Sands Corp. announced that it has placed 26 employees at its Arkansas operations on temporary furlough until further notice. This necessary step results from the current industry-wide market disruption, ...

• WildHorse Resource Development reported that it is ahead of schedule in constructing an in-field sand mine in its Eagle Ford/Austin Chalk play area. Originally expected to come on line in the first quarter ...

• Several speakers and attendees at a recent frac sand conference held in Denver discussed recent mergers in the frac sand industry and predicted the still-overbuilt industry was ripe for a consolidation. ...

In advance of a new book that just hit the market, “The World in a Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization,” the L.A. Timesallowed its author, Vince Beiser, to write an opinion piece. ...

• Canadian industrial silica sand demand is projected to rise 6.7 percent annually to 9.81 million metric tons in 2022. Growth will be driven by the need for frac sand by oil and gas suppliers, who rely ...

High Roller Sand announced that construction is underway on two new, fully automated, state-of-the-art frac sand facilities.
• The Penwell plant (located east of Monahans, Texas) is projected to be ...

Black Mountain Sand, a Texas-based in-basin frac sand provider, announced an expansion into Western Oklahoma’s Mid-Continent shale play. Construction is now underway on its sixth mine, the first outside ...

• U.S. oilfield-service company Halliburton publicly blamed Canadian National Railway Co. (CN) for frac and sand delivery delays and said the issues would negatively impact its quarterly results by 10 ...

... Board to ban frac sand mining there has been upheld. This time the ruling came from the Minnesota Court of Appeals, agreeing with the district court denying Minnesota Sands a mining permit. In a statement, ...

... passed away unexpectedly. Budinger played a crucial role in the startup of the Wisconsin Industrial Sand Association (WISA) organization. He was the first president of WISA, and a practical spokesperson ...

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The jury returned a unanimous verdict in favor of Sandbox Logistics, a wholly-owned subsidiary of U.S. Silica, on all 12 issues presented in the lawsuit.
The jury found that Arrows Up breached a ...

• Source Energy Services Ltd. said that its sand volumes for the second quarter were 814,000 metric tonnes (MT), of which, approximately 85 percent were made through Source's Canadian distribution networ ...

In advance of a new book getting ready to hit the market, “The World in a Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization,” the L.A. Times allowed its author, Vince Beiser, to write an opinion ...

U.S. Silica Holdings Inc. announced the appointment of Daniel Miers as president of SandBox Logistics, a wholly owned subsidiary of U.S. Silica, effective June 25, 2018. Miers succeeds former SandBox founder ...

• A privately funded project to add turning and auxiliary lanes on FM 874 in Winkler County, Texas, is about to begin. The work will be done at the entrance of Atlas Sand’s mine in Winkler County on FM ...

• Athabasca Minerals Inc. entered into a Letter of Intent with a property owner in the town of Mayerthorpe, Alberta, Canada, for the Firebag Frac Sand Project storage and distribution hub.
• OmniTRAX ...

Smart Sand Inc. announced that first-quarter revenues were $42.6, a slight decrease compared to fourth quarter 2017 revenues of $43 million. The decrease in revenues was primarily due to higher production ...

• Select Sands Corp. has secured a $3.89 million capital expenditure line of credit to fund the company's previously announced expansion project to increase production capacity of its high-quality silic ...

... of track in a loop along the banks of Halls Creek, a Class II trout stream that feeds into the Black River. OmniTRAX said it will use the terminal to fill more than 80 rail cars per day with sand from ...

... U.S. production to average 10.7 million barrels per day in 2018, which would be a new record and represent an increase of nearly 15 percent from 2017 to 2018.”
• A two-year battle to build a frac sand ...

... barrels. For the previous week, the EIA had reported a 1.6-million-barrel build in crude oil inventories. WTI traded at $62.38 a barrel and Brent crude was at $67.11.
• Smart Sand Inc. announced that ...

Smart Sand Inc. announced that it acquired the rights to operate a unit train capable transloading terminal in Van Hook, N.D., to service the Bakken Formation. The company paid consideration of approximately ...

• According to Wisconsin Public Radio, despite increased competition from sand mines opening in other parts of the country, especially Texas, sand production is returning to higher levels in Wisconsin. ...